Fifteen people arrested in NSW and SA in child safety blitz
Fifteen people were accused of NSW and Southern Australia in a large child protection blitz, including a man allegedly paid for sexual abuse three times online child.
In NSW, eight boys and a woman were accused of sexual abuse of more than 30 online children after two weeks of operation.
In a terrible incident, the police claim that the 62 -year -old Wyong man on the central coast of the state had sexual intercourse with a child outside Australia.
It was also accused of causing child abuse materials to be transferred by using a transportation service to access children’s abuse materials.
The police claim that he has paid a child smugglers for sexual abuse in the Philippines and exchanges about 200 messages.
This contains three video calls up to a total of 56 -minute live flow materials.
If he is convicted, he is sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in prison.
AFP Commander Brett James said that everyone who tries to exploit or contributes to the exploitation or contribution to the wider exploitation of children around the world by creating a demand for this abuse material.
“The perpetrators are indifferent to the damage caused by the victims, and the commander James said, with the end of the National Child Protection Week, the commander James said.
“Our message to online criminals has not changed – If you commit these crimes, you will be found, arrested and prosecution.”
The AFP’s Titan operation was a dramatic increase in children’s exploitation reports, and in 2024-25, it reached 82,700 reports by 41 percent to resist the annual abuse (Accce).
He also noted that there was an increase in children’s exploitation reports.
In Southern Australia, the police made six arrests in six days in South Australia, the Children’s Anti-Child exploitation (Jacet) team in six days and allegedly contained the sexual exploitation of a three-year-old child.
This included an illegal sexual intercourse with a child and a 34 -year -old Gawler East man who was accused of maintaining the crime of three points online child abuse.
The man was detained and will reappear in court on January 13th.
Another 34 -year -old Adelaide man was shot for four points online children, including the presence and sharing of child abuse materials, on the crime of sexual abuse, detained and appeared in court on December 15th.
AFP Detective Sergeant Jarrod Cook said authorities are increasingly concerned about child safety due to the increase of young people who have accessed the internet.
More, 370 children’s victims, some only young children, SA Jacet in 2015 since the foundation of Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Southeast Asia has been damaged more and more damaged, he said.
“We give this warning to any person who wants to hunt children: the SA Jacet team does not matter when and where the abuse occurs, will use the full power of the law to find, disclose and prosecute you. There is no place to hide,” he said.
“AFP and its law enforcement partners will never stop fighting to bring online hunters to justice and protect children from these terrible crimes.”
George Fenwick, the inspector of Southern Australian Police Chief, called on the parents to talk about signs of behavior from online actors, including people on the game platforms where predators are frequently hidden ”.
“Talk to them about how insecure or inappropriate behaviors can look and feel at home, community, online or school, and make plans about what they should do if they feel insecure. Understand what children do online.”
“Be aware of the way criminals have a relationship with children at the beginning. Inappropriate participation and grooming behavior with children can be initiated through online game platforms.
“Criminals can pose as someone they are not on these platforms, where they contact children before encouraging them to move to another platform for special interactions.”
